Jacket



Nov. 23, 1954 E. VON ECKERMANN JACKET Filed Dec. 21, 1953 United StatesPatent JACKET Ebba von Eckermann, Sandvik, Ripsa, Sweden ApplicationDecember 21, 1953, Serial No. 399,418

Claims priority, application Sweden December 23, 1952 1 Claim. (Cl.2-88) The present invention refers to an article of dress in the form ofa shawl, scarf, plaid or the like. which is also serviceable as ajacket. According to the invention, the shawl, which consists of asubstantially rectangular piece of fabric, is for said purpose in viewprovided with a buttoning arrangement comprising four securing membersintended when combined in pairs to keep together the borders of thepiece of fabric, said securing members being so arranged that two ofthem belonging to different pairs are arranged at one longitudinal sideof the piece of fabric approximately equidistant from the center line ofthe piece of fabric paralleling the short sides thereof, while the tworemaining securing members are arranged at the opposed short sides ofthe piece of fabric, in a manner such that the corner portions of thepiece of fabric located each between a pair of securing members areadapted at the securing of said members to form sleevelike portions ofthe jacket, while the remaining, substantially T-shaped surface of thepiece of fabric forms the back and breast portions of the jacket.

Further features of the invention will appear from the description tofollow hereinbelow of an example of embodiment illustrated in theaccompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 shows the shawl viewed from the side intended to form the insideof the jacket.

Fig. 2 shows the shawl from the same side with the two lower cornerportions turned up.

Fig. 3 shows the jacket viewed from in front.

The shawl consists of a rectangular piece of fabric 4, the longitudinalsides 5 and 6 of which are twice as long as the short sides 7 and 8. Thepiece of fabric is provided with a buttoning arrangement on the sidethereof intended to form the inside of the jacket 9 (Fig. 3), saidbuttoning arrangement comprising two pairs of securing members lit-13.The pairs of securing members 1011 and 12It3 each consist of the twohalves of a springfastener adapted to keep the corresponding borders ofthe piece of fabric 4 together. The securing members 11 and 13pertaining to different pairs are arranged at one longitudinal side 5 ofthe piece of fabric 4 approximately equidistant from the center line 14.The two other securing members 10 and 12 are arranged at the opposedshort sides 7 and 8 of the piece of fabric 4.

Buttonholes 15 and 16, respectively, are provided at each of the lowercorners of the piece of fabric 4. Two buttons 17 and 18 are sewn on theside of the piece of fabric intended to form the outside of the jacket9. The button 17 and the buttonhole 15 are symmetrically located on bothsides of the line 19. This also applies to the button 18 and thebuttonhole 16 relatively to the line 20.

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Two further buttons 21 and 22 are arranged on the side of the piece offabric 4 intended to form the outside of the acket 9. These buttons areequidistant from the center line 14 of the piece of fabric 4, and serve,together With a strap 23, to keep the jacket 9 together around the neck.If it is desired to transform the shawl 4 into a acket, the two lowercorner portions are turned up along the lines 19 and 20, respectively(in Fig. 2 in a rearward dlrection), the button 17 being then buttonedup with the buttonhole 15 and the button 18 with the buttonhole 16.After that, the two halves of the piece of fabric 4 are folded togetheralong the lines 24 and 25, respectively (in Fig. 2 in a forwarddirection), the halves 10 and 11 of the spring-fasteners being thenunited on the one hand while the halves 12 and 13 are united on theother hand. The corner portions of the piece of fabric 4 located eachbetween a pair of securing members 1011 :and 1213, respectively, willthus form sleeve-like portions of the jacket 9, While the remaining,substantially T-shaped surface of the piece of fabric 4 forms the backand breast portions of the jacket.

As will be seen, the article of dress in accordance with the inventionmay be transformed in a few seconds by a few turns of ones hand into acomfortable and securely fitting jacket or, inversely, into a shawl.

What I claim is:

A shawl-like article of dress transformable into a jacket-like garment,comprising, in combination, a substantially rectangular piece of fabric,the longitudinal borders of which are approximately twice as long as theshort borders thereof, spring-fastening members secured to one side ofsaid piece of fabric adjacent to one longitudinal border of the same andequidistant from the center line thereof paralleling the short bordersthereof, additional spring-fastening members secured adjacent to eachone of the short borders of the piece of fabric to cooperate with thespring-fastening members at said longitudinal border thereof, abuttonhole provided in two corners of the piece of fabric approximatelyin line with said first-mentioned spring-fastening members, buttonssecured at a distance inwardly from said buttonholes to the piece offabric on the side of the same opposed to the side thereof carrying saidspring-fastening members to cooperate with said buttonholes, and a pairof connectable securing members on the side of the piece of fabriccarrying said buttons, said connectable securing members beingequidistant from said prementioned center line and located adjacent tothe longitudinal border of the piece of fabric opposed to thelongitudinal border thereof having said first-mentioned spring-fasteningmembers secured adjacent to the same.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 1,364,693 Bonheur Jan. 4, 1921 1,468,141 Dutton Sept. 18, 19232,669,721 Koch Feb. 23, 1954 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 825,384Germany Dec. 17, 1951

